"It was decided almost two hundred years ago that English should be the language spoken in the United States. It is not known, however, why this decision has not been carried out."

-- George Mikes

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“I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'”
“I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.”

Source : "What price freedom of expression now?" by Nick Cohen, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2011.
“For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.”
“Weeks go by, and I dont paint until finally I cant stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost dont want to talk about it, because I dont want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself.”
“I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.”
“But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.”

Source : "The Business of Government Hour" with Paul Lawrence, www.businessofgovernment.org. August 30, 2003.
“If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong in politics.”
“And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends craftsmanship. That is a long road, and because it must be your own road nobody can teach it to you or find it for you. There are no shortcuts, no rules.”

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